On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 12:40:52 GMT, "Mark Browne"
wrote:

[SNIP]

I say you are offering a strawman - a simple distortion of the original
situation so the answer is stacked in your favor. This is a logical fallacy,
and not worthy of the effort to reply. Ask a silly question ..."

Direct answer:

"1) Last part first; several soldiers trained to resist torture have signed
political letters of while in captivity.

Sen. John McCain, an authentic war hero, is one of those.

Joe Parsons